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Intel Making It Easier To Flash Ethernet Device Firmware On Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 07/29/2020 - 18:41
For those using the Intel ICE Linux network driver that is used for the likes of the E800 series, it's now going to be easier updating the device firmware from Linux...

How to Install WordPress with Apache on Debian and Ubuntu

Tecmint - Wed, 07/29/2020 - 16:25
Writing an Apache or WordPress introduction will do no good due to the fact that both of them, combined together, are one of the most used Open Source Web Servers on the Internet today,

Bypass your Linux firewall with SSH over HTTP

opensource.com - Wed, 07/29/2020 - 15:01

With the growth of connectivity and remote jobs, accessing remote computing resources becomes more important every day. But the requirements for providing external access to devices and hardware make this task complex and risky. Aiming to reduce this friction, ShellHub is a cloud server that allows universal access to those devices, from any external network.


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How learning Linux introduced me to open source

opensource.com - Wed, 07/29/2020 - 15:00

When I entered the engineering program as a freshman in college, I felt like a frivolous teenager. In my sophomore year, and in a fortunate stroke of serendipity, I joined Zairza, a technical society for like-minded students who collaborated and built projects separate from the academic curriculum. It was right up my alley. Zairza provided me a safe space to learn and grow and discover my interests. There are different facets and roadways to development, and as a newbie, I didn't know where my interests lay.


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L1d Flushing Patches Revived After It Was Rejected From Linux 5.8 As "Beyond Stupid"

Phoronix - Wed, 07/29/2020 - 14:57
Worked out in recent months by an Amazon engineer was optional L1 data cache flushing on context switches to allow for greater computer security in an era of data sampling vulnerabilities and other data leakage issues via side channels. It was sent in for Linux 5.8 but Linus Torvalds characterized it as "beyond stupid" and not being convinced by it. Well, now it's been revised but isn't yet clear if it will appease Torvalds for mainline inclusion...

How to Set Up Nginx Server Blocks (Virtual Hosts) on Ubuntu 20.04

Tecmint - Wed, 07/29/2020 - 13:39
At times, you may need to host more than one domain or website on your Nginx web server. For that to happen, a Server Block (Virtual Hosts) needs to be configured to encapsulate all

Linux 5.9 To Support New EF100 NIC Architecture Developed By Xilinx

Phoronix - Wed, 07/29/2020 - 12:06
One of the new network drivers now queued up for Linux 5.9 is the SFC EF100 driver for the EF100 NIC architecture...

LLVM 11.0-RC1 Now Available For Testing

Phoronix - Wed, 07/29/2020 - 08:21
While LLVM 11.0 was branched almost two weeks ago with many new/improved features for this open-source compiler stack, it has taken until today to get into shape for issuing the first release candidate...

AMD "Navy Flounder" Support Merged Into Mesa 20.2

Phoronix - Wed, 07/29/2020 - 04:27
"Navy Flounder" as the codename for another Navi 2 GPU following the "Sienna Cichlid" Linux driver work has made it into Mesa 20.2 for the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver...

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